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OpenView is a free-to-air satellite TV platform in South Africa. Owned by Platco Digital, a subsidiary of eMedia Holdings, it was launched on 15 October 2013 as OpenView HD, and rebranded to OpenView in May 2018. Its main competitors are the pay-TV platforms DStv and StarSat.

OpenView HD

2013–2018

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OpenView HD was launched on 15 October 2013 by Platco Digital, a sister company of e.tv, the first and only commercial free-to-air TV channel in South Africa. e.tv also launched its HD version on the platform, in addition to four new channels: eKasi+, eToonz+, eMovies+ and eAfrica+.

OpenView

2018–present

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In May 2018, OpenView HD changed its name to OpenView.